EP0870235A4 - Appareil et procede pour pretraiter des programmes d'ordinateur avant leur transmission par un reseau - Google Patents

Appareil et procede pour pretraiter des programmes d'ordinateur avant leur transmission par un reseau

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EP0870235A4
EP0870235A4 EP96945247A EP96945247A EP0870235A4 EP 0870235 A4 EP0870235 A4 EP 0870235A4 EP 96945247 A EP96945247 A EP 96945247A EP 96945247 A EP96945247 A EP 96945247A EP 0870235 A4 EP0870235 A4 EP 0870235A4
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network
transmission
computer programs
programs prior
preprocessing computer
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EP0870235A1 (fr
EP0870235B1 (fr
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James A Houha
Gordon J Freedman
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PowerTV Inc
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/443—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
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    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/235—Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/236—Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/23614—Multiplexing of additional data and video streams
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
    • H04N21/4351—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream involving reassembling additional data, e.g. rebuilding an executable program from recovered modules
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/8166—Monomedia components thereof involving executable data, e.g. software
    • G—PHYSICS
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Stored Programmes (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
EP96945247A 1995-12-29 1996-12-27 Appareil et procede pour pretraiter des programmes d'ordinateur avant leur transmission par un reseau Expired - Lifetime EP0870235B1 (fr)

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US578202 1995-12-29
US08/578,202 US5734822A (en) 1995-12-29 1995-12-29 Apparatus and method for preprocessing computer programs prior to transmission across a network
PCT/US1996/020417 WO1997024674A1 (fr) 1995-12-29 1996-12-27 Appareil et procede pour pretraiter des programmes d'ordinateur avant leur transmission par un reseau

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EP0870235A1 EP0870235A1 (fr) 1998-10-14
EP0870235A4 true EP0870235A4 (fr) 1999-03-31
EP0870235B1 EP0870235B1 (fr) 2007-07-25

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US (1) US5734822A (fr)
EP (1) EP0870235B1 (fr)
KR (1) KR100422103B1 (fr)
AU (1) AU1466497A (fr)
DE (1) DE69637182T2 (fr)
WO (1) WO1997024674A1 (fr)

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KR19990076824A (ko) 1999-10-25
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DE69637182T2 (de) 2008-07-31
WO1997024674A1 (fr) 1997-07-10

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